Purim

  1. May an ebay seller set his auction to conclude on Shabbos? May one rent advertising space on his website to others for an entire week, including Shabbos?

    Should a person worry about ayin hara? What are the most effective defenses against ayin hara?

    May one who will be on an airplane for an entire night of Chanukah use a flashlight for ner Chanukah?

    If it is difficult for someone to make it to shul, may he hear krias haTorah or Megillas Esther read over the telephone?

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    Rav Zev Smith is a popular maggid shiur and much sought-after speaker on halachic issues who has thousands of recorded shiurim in circulation on a wide range of interesting and relevant, day-to-day topics. His unique blend of halachah and hashkafah, and his knack for explaining difficult concepts in a down-to-earth, practical way, draw both scholars and laymen who seek a thorough grasp of halachah topics. In this fascinating book, he and Rabbi Dovid Kaiser, a previously published author of Torah works as well as a maggid shiur in halachah, have adapted some of the best of Rav Smith's halachah shiurim into written form. Arranged according to the months of the year, What's the Halachah? follows a specific, reader-friendly format. Each chapter begins with a set of intriguing questions on a topic in halachah, which is followed by a broad discussion of the halachic issues the topic involves. The chapter concludes with an application of the information discussed to the initial queries.

    What's the Halachah? is a book that will do more than just teach you halachah; it will open before you the vastness and the beauty of the world of halachah. Learn More

  2. Lester, or Doniel Lesterovirch, is the everyman of Jewish elementary school age kids. He's not looking for trouble but trouble sure finds him - a whole lot of it. While directing his school's Purim play, Lester gets a knock on the head from a fallen box of puffy paint and falls unconscious - and into another world. Suddenly, he finds himself in the middle of the feast of King Achashverosh, and through a case of 'mistaken' identity, it is Lester who is asked to go summon queen Vashti to the party! Lester is so convincing that Vashti actually decides to go - and by the time Lester realizes what's happened it's too late... a whole new plot has been set in motion. Vashti is not killed, there is no search for a new queen so Esther never comes to the palace, and that leaves nobody to save the Jews from evil Haman! Amidst foot-stomping catchy original songs and a hilarious sub plot involving Bigsan and Seresh's murder schemes, Lester runs all over Shushan trying to stay out of Haman's way and set the Purim story back on track. Eventually, order is restored and Lester learns and important lesson about The Almighty running the world and putting the right people in the right place at the right time. Learn More
  3. The Queen of Persia DVD.

    This fun-filled animated adaptation of an ancient story is a creative and entertaining drama based on the fascinating biblical Purim story. Step back 2,000 years to a time of turmoil in the great Persian empire. See how a young Jewish orphan girl, Esther, becomes queen to the most powerful in the empire and saves her people from certain destruction! Learn More

  4. A wondrous look at the halachos of miraculous days. Learn More
  5. Fascinating and intriguing insights on Purim and the Megillah Learn More
  6. Nitei Gavriel - Purim - נטעי גבריאל הלכות ט"ו בשבט-פורים Learn More

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